I thought it would be interesting to think about what our Europa League squad might look like, considering all the rules and limits on homegrown players, etc... I'll try to update this over the summer with incomings and outgoings, if people are interested.
First, a quick summary of the rules (as I understand them):
We can use a squad of up to 17 "List A" players with no restrictions, 4 additional "List A" players trained in England, and 4 more "List A" players trained by SAFC.
We can also take an unlimited number of "List B" players, being U21 players who have been eligible to play for SAFC for at least 2 years since their 15th birthday.
So, I think our current squad would be:
List A (Unrestricted)
1. Roefs
2. Ellborg
3. Mukiele
4. Alderete
5. Geertruida (if he stays)
6. Reinildo
7. Hume
8. Xhaka
9. Sadiki
10. Diarra
11. ELF
12. Angulo
13. Talbi
14. Brobbey
15. Isidor
16. Traore
17. Ta Bi
List A (Association trained)
1. Ballard
2. LON
3. Mundle
4. Moore(?)
List A (Club trained)
No eligible players (besides youngsters not ready for the first team).
List B (U21, club trained)
1. Rigg
2. Mayenda (I think he qualifies, someone correct me if wrong!)
I was pleasantly surprised. It looks like we can actually get all of our current first teamers in the squad, even with zero qualifying "club trained" players.
We're right at the limit, though, so it will have to be "1 in, 1 out" this summer by the looks of it... The exception being, we can recruit one more English-trained player if we don't include Moore in the squad (which we probably won't).
Anyway, I found it interesting, sorry if nobody else gives a ****
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[Edited to add Mayenda to List B]
First, a quick summary of the rules (as I understand them):
We can use a squad of up to 17 "List A" players with no restrictions, 4 additional "List A" players trained in England, and 4 more "List A" players trained by SAFC.
We can also take an unlimited number of "List B" players, being U21 players who have been eligible to play for SAFC for at least 2 years since their 15th birthday.
So, I think our current squad would be:
List A (Unrestricted)
1. Roefs
2. Ellborg
3. Mukiele
4. Alderete
5. Geertruida (if he stays)
6. Reinildo
7. Hume
8. Xhaka
9. Sadiki
10. Diarra
11. ELF
12. Angulo
13. Talbi
14. Brobbey
15. Isidor
16. Traore
17. Ta Bi
List A (Association trained)
1. Ballard
2. LON
3. Mundle
4. Moore(?)
List A (Club trained)
No eligible players (besides youngsters not ready for the first team).
List B (U21, club trained)
1. Rigg
2. Mayenda (I think he qualifies, someone correct me if wrong!)
I was pleasantly surprised. It looks like we can actually get all of our current first teamers in the squad, even with zero qualifying "club trained" players.
We're right at the limit, though, so it will have to be "1 in, 1 out" this summer by the looks of it... The exception being, we can recruit one more English-trained player if we don't include Moore in the squad (which we probably won't).
Anyway, I found it interesting, sorry if nobody else gives a ****
.[Edited to add Mayenda to List B]
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